The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource

Chris Hayes is a Millennial. He got into media from the world of progressive activism and eventually wrote for The Nation as their man in DC. He has an encyclopedic mind and argues that human attention has been sought for centuries. To get attention and to get respect are far different things, but in a pinch, we will settle for attention. Big Tech knows this and is creating new ways to mine our attention and sell our eyeballs to advertisers. It's making us crazy and stupid. But we can fight back.

I found this to be a rather enjoyable book. I have been reading up on productivity, deep work and focus, so a lot of this content wasn't new or a surprise. What I appreciated was the look back over decades on how we've changed as part of the Information Age and how we consume information - and how that's shoved at us from all angles with bright flashy blinking text boxes.

The book does take a critical look at politics at the end, which might bristle some. I do think with critical thinking, it is important to understand both sides. The approach he takes is very wholesome and properly critical, so I wouldn't recommend discounting it.